THE WAYNESV1LLE MOUNTAINEER
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The Mountaineer
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PPESS ASSOCIATION V
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936
SMOOTHING THINGS OVER
One of the best pieces of public work done
on the streets of Waynesville in recent weeks
was the leveling of the street crossing at the
depot. For sometime the asphalt has been
wearing away from the rails of the tracks, and
unsuspecting motorists got a jolt that often
threw them to the top of their cars.
The rough places are now fixed so that
motorists traveling within the speed limit
hardly realize they are crossing a double rail
road track.
'"POOR AL"
The fact that Al Smith has announced that
he will not vote for President Roosevelt is not
news. That has been expected. But the fact
that he did come out and say he would sup
port Gov. Landon was the unexpected news of
last week's political field.
There are 'many differences of opinion hs
to the result of his stand in the November elec
tion. Of course no one knows, but it now seem-;
that the Democrats are smiling over his decis
ion, and the Republicans are at a loss to decide
whether to smile or cry.
A generally accepted opinion, seem, how
ever that his opinion is not going to carry much
weight either way.
TAKING THE OATH
We are often impressed with the careless
manner in which witnesses in court take the
oath when they are sworn to "tell the truth
and nothing but the truth so help me God,"'
and kiss the Bible, a custom of long standing.
In practically every instance the words are
mumbled, and the witness kisses the Bible in
the most perfunctory manner.
The taking of an oath and kissing of the
Bible was planned to impress the witness with
the serious ceremony, and the importance of
telling the truth in his. or her testimony.
We believe that if the oath were more
seriously and solemnly administered, as if the
ollicer were exacting a serious promise from
another, that the witness might be more im
pressed and more eager to tell naught but the
truth. Ex.
EDI CATION PAYS
Your boy and perhaps your girl is ever and
anon remarking, now that they have gone back
to high school, they can see no use in all such
tomfoolery as is enforced upon them in the
classrooms.
What's the use of studying this and that?
They are never going to be of any practical
value to them!
And why not go on out now and get -i job
begin to make money? Is that not the e'.d
of all things, anyway?
It's not difficult to answer such a philoso
phy of futility as it has to do with education.
Anybody with eyes wide open can see what
education has done for society, what it has done
for individuals who have made the most of it.
Such is the most effective logic in disposing of
the issue of the value of education.
The Continent of Chicago has made a care
ful study of the successful men of that city,
with the conclusion that the person who grad
uates from the high school has 11, the graduate
of a business college or a normal school has 15,
and the graduate of a classical college, 35 times
the chance of success of the one who stops with
the grades.
Only one per cent of our men are college
graduates, but that one per cent furnishes 46
per cent of our congressmen, 75 per cent of our
senators and members of the Supreme court
and nearly all our Presidents. Charlotte Ob
server. i .
PERMANENT FAIR GROUNDS OR NO FAIR
Unless there is a decided change on the
part of the directors of the Haywoed Ccunty
Fair Association, farmers, business men and
county agent, there will not be another county
fair held in Haywood unless permanent build
ings and grounds are provided.
For three consecutive years, the officials of
the Fair Association have spent a lot of time,
energy and money in staging a fair each fall,
and while the fairs have been all that could be
expected under the temporary set-up, no great
progress has been noted during the last twa
years. The Association has made a little clear
money each year, but the cost of providing
temporary quarters has eaten too deep into tha
profits for the present plans of operation to
continue.
Public sentiment is now to the point where
the fair officials believe that permanent quarters
should be provided, and they are ready to take
what has been made in the past three years t)
apply on buildings on permanent fair grounds.
From what we can learn, the county com
missioners will be called upon to provide a suit
able site for the fair grounds. The argument
that will be used will be that the county owns
a number of pieces of land, and that this land
be given in exchange for a suitable fair site.
Farmers have not exhibited in the past
two fairs as they would if better quarters had
been provided. They were afraid to exhibit
valuable live stock in the improvised quarters,
and the means provided for exhibiting farm
exhibits were not all together satisfactory, an I
hence a reduction in the total number of ex
hibits. For the first two years, the carnival com
pany received fifty per cent of the gate receipts.
This year they received only thirty-five per
cent, and from that provided the two exhibi
tion tents and half of the cost of the free act,
and also some advertising.
If permanent quarters were established,
the fair association would get all of the gate
receipts, and at the same time could in many
ways control to a better and more satisfactory
manner .-ome of tht shows or amusements that
are a part of the carnivals.
Few people know it, but some trouble was
experienced this year in closing a side sho v
which was declared far from being lit to be
seen by the public. It was only after much
persuasion and the issuing of a warrant that the
show was finally closed. Such instances would
be much easier handled if the fair were operat
ed independently of a carnival.
Since the fair officials and all others that
we have discussed the matter with are definite
ly decided upon doing away with the annual
fair unless permanent quarters are provided,
this one question arises in our minds. "Is a
county fair worthwhile?"
The question was put to W. D. Smith,
secretary of the fail' association and county
farm agent. His answer was emphatically
"Yes, by all means."
He explained further that a county fair
was one of the best ways to stimulate interest'
in better farming and better stock raising. M:
Smith also said that he was through with the
fair under the present set-up, but was willing
to go the limit in doing his part in establishing
a bigger and better fair under permanent quart
ers which could be called "our own."
In the three years that the fair has been
operated, there has been more than enough
spent on temporary structires to build a decent
permanent building. But that cannot be count
ed as a total loss. It has been well spent. And
we say that for this reasonit has enabled
those responsible for staging the fairs to find
out whether or not the people of Haywood;
County wanted a revival of a county fair. Their
answer has been in the affirmative, but with one
provision yes, we want a fair that is "home
owned and locally controlled."
From all indications, there seems to be a
need for a "home-owned and locally controlled"
fair in this county, and unless there is a change
of mind before next fall, we believe that is
what Haywood will have or no fair at all.
WHAT GOOD IS CAMPAIGNING?
We just wonder if all this campaigning that
is being done by the major political parties is
worth all the time and money. We are of the
opinion that few voters are swung by all the
campaign ballyhoo. Instead of being swung
from one party to the other, we sometimes feel
that voters who do not take their politics ser
iously are just disgusted with it all and decide
not to vote.
Some campaigners are so desperate to get
across their side of questions that they go be
yond all means of reason, and in so doing leave -the
true facts out of the picture. The sooner
the dyed-in-the-wool politicians realize that all
the voters are far from being politicians, the
better impression they will make with their
campaigning.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
by STANLEY
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Here
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By HILDA WAY GWYN
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cleanliness next to godliness
(From the files of S-:Jt.
Hon. Zeb Weaver.
snpnt Siin.iQ,- ; '
-(- lu i.uvn a
of Mr. Ed Battle.
Mrs. William J. DaV
her home in Columbia
spending a month
Mrs. Delos Crarv ,rfc
in for her home in E;Wbv
after a vit to her fu,,:v h,
Mrs. Gerald West, f a",!'
Ga., is the guest of her ,
M. L. Mitchell. ""'
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o ivmnian j went
xuesaay to attend the J a
ty rair.
ait a. a. a, Anuer
for Gastonia, where
friends.
- Howell McCraeken an,)
Henderson Jones left S:(T,,,.,i ....
I attend the Knoxville Fair ' "
v Dr. J. R. AlcCracken v. J
Pint. BtrW ' T .. . ' ' -lr
Fair in Sylva on Wednedav
'Uias nutc vuiiuan returnel hi
on vYeunesaay alter spending
summer in New York
tr.i.. i ,
iiiciOTU warns io become a i
oi ureaier waynesville." The b
dary line between the tw,i tow
only imaginary and should be
ished.
1 . - s"-""n mure w
testants in this paper's great $10 t
Popularity Contest f(,r the f
Y.
rn left SUJ
f she ,1
I hear it reported from none other
than himself . . that the tieless pres
ident of the First National Bank . . .
in order to take in the sights of the
Golden West . . not only purchased
himself a tie . . but wore it . . . .
while attending the meeting of tne
American' Bankers held recently in
California . . it just shows what
lenghth a body will go to when away
from hime . . the story as told by the
president ... he and another North
Carolina banker wanted to take in a
night club at Hollywood . . at the
entrance they were told that gentle
men could not enter the club without
the formality of a tie . . directions
were given to a. purchasing center . .
where upon the president hunted up
the place and invested in a fifty cent
tie . . wore it . . . returned to the
night club, was admitted and wit
nessed the wicked night life of Hol
lywood . . . which I feel sure was
worth the price and discomfort of
breaking the habits of a life time.
uwrasuiiie ummona nng to he
ed next Saturday, Kt. 4 Sal-,
Thomas, Ethel Woody, Rlan'ehe S.
gelle are leading their respective 'dfc
tricts this week. 1
Mr. W. T. Snelton. a son nf
S. .T. Sheltnn anH fn,..m...i.. r n- ?
nesvine, is down in New Mexi
where he is successfullv entatred
U 1 1. 0 1 -.i' 1
Ri-nuui wuik. oupt. neiton aecu:
panied by his wife recentlv went
T7 : a i , .
rarinnigLon to see nis .Navajo pu
piav Dan against f armmgt
"There are more h
wood county than in
the judge, in pronouncing judgme
mi iie 111 tne men sernenced in cor
London has nea
.-.naje pu:i
.rmington (X. m
homiciiles in Hal
in I.onilur,"
There is sometning about the
midway of a fair that gets one
. . you may be quite sophisticated
about such ordinary amusements
. . in fait you may suffer terri
bly vvith a superior complex .
about mixing with crowds . . you
may abominate the lowly hot
dog, piece de resistance of the
menus of all eating joints . , but
just a whiff of them dressed up in
mustard and onions . . mixed witn
the frying fragrance ot their
running mates, the versatile
hamburger . . . on the breeze
.of a cool nignt . . . and it does
something to even the most
jaded appetite . . . you exclaim
over the size of the pumpkins
and the corn . . more than likely
they are no bigger than last year
, . you merely had not given the
matter anv thought since then
. . and are impressed again , .
you give some wistful hungiv
looking little urchin, who hasn't
a cent to rattle in nis pockets . .
had only the price to get in ;. . .
enough change to . buy an ice
cream cone, and a rule on the
nierry-go-round . . and you be
gin to warm up . . you take a
chance on something vou have
no earthly use for . . and would
n't buy as a bargain . . then
after walking around and around
j-ou decide as a joke , . of course
i . that you'll ride something
yourself . . . suddenly you find
you are a sympathetic part of
the jostling crowd . . . and what
a perfectly swell time you are
having. . . .
Have just finished reading 'two ar
ticles in one of the nations bis
dailies, under one title, "Two cam
paigners meet the people." . .1 liked
very much the description of both
Roosevelt and Landon. , , Of Roose
velt the writer said . . . "Whether
facing 35,000 people or 1,000 people,
the president makes felt his own con
viction that his stewardship has been
good" . , . and of Landon the au
thor said, "Hig ability to convey an
impression of sincerity, is his sU-one-
est asset, the audience feels that he
means what he says," . . . in other
words they are both strong bets elec
tioneering for their own cause. .' . V
Meaning no disrespect to our
churches ... but presidential
campaigns always make me think
of good old fashioned revival
meetings . . . just as some per
sons seem oblivious of the bless
ings of Christianity except -when
under the stirring influence of
an evangelist . . so does it take
the fight for the presidency to
arouse many a person to any
responsibility of citizenship ; ,
what a wonderful land we would
have if we could hold that in
terest during the intervening
years . , hundreds of persons, both
men and women . . who seem to
feel no civic ties ', will be found
up in the political mourners bench
along in October and November
every four years shouting with
great glee , . and the rest of tne
time apparently don't give a hoot
what kind of a local or state
government we have. . ,
Uncle Abe's remarks on this sub
ject, in the issue of The Mountaineer
for September 24, strikes a respon
sive chord in tne writter. And as a
result I crave space for a few re
marks on the subject.
When I was a boy, the Haywood
country folks rarely came to town
other than on Saturday except fur
matters of pressing business. When
they did come, like me they generally
wore home-made shirty of domestic
sheeting (bleached by washing,) but
these were clean. Coats and trousers
were made of homespun jeans (as
were mine.) but thev were clean.
Faces were clean snaven and boots ! here this week
(we all wore them in those roadless i five million people within the . city
days) were clean and Ireshly black-1 lls- more tnan twice tne mimtyr if p
ed--possibly greased with suet mixed ' pie tnan in iviorth (. arolitia
with lampblack. Every effort was : "
made for cleanliness.
Now in these days of concrete
roads, I saw last summer jostling
our summer visitors on our sidewalks,
countrymen wearing overalls which
had never been washed since they
came out of the store and shoes which
had never seen brush and blacking.
Facefi had not been shaven in a week,
and bodies had apparently been inno
cent of soap and water for an equal
or greater length of time. Now any
man who works must get dirty, but
there is no necessity for any man to
stay dirty.
'3
season, we are taking cave cf tlnl
in hotels, boarding houses and p-.
taurants, whose standards f f,i.
service and cleanliness are steaiilf
rising. But When they are
crowned pit tne sinewains . iy
unshaven, and unwashed spenmer!
of alleged humanity as Uucle Abe r.ai
graphically described, our tourists a-f
sure to go away from aynesv
wdth a very bad taste in their mouthi
This we should do all in our po
to prevent.
And to conclude, another mmmh
man who believes that clea'n!:nr
One of our principal crops is our next to godliness is.
tourists, and one of our problems is F. W. CUUGKR.
t0 get them to come earlier and to Natural History Museum,
stay later. During our all too short New York City.
COLLEGE GIRL, Miss J.
0'NeiII,says:"Camclsmake
food taste better and aid
digestion." Camels help
the flow of digestive lluids
...increase alkalimtv.
"AN EXPLORER needs good diges
tion," says Sir Hubert Wilkins. "Camels
bring me a sense of well-being."
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ly professional basis. To make any sort of concessions
in an attempt to appeal to people's "trading" instinct
strikes us as just as much out of place in the practice d
pharmacy as it would be in medicine or law.
The only inducements we offer are, Quality, i'l
and Service. But aren't these the only inducements that
count where health is concerned?
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DRUG STORE
Phones 53 & 54
Opposite Post Office
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